-aba

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Afar

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Etymology

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From abé (to make).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-aba f (masculine -abe)

  1. Used to form feminine nouns denoting a maker or performer of the suffixed noun.

Declension

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Declension of -aba
absolutive -aba
predicative -aba
subjective -aba
genitive -aba
Postpositioned forms
l-case -abal
k-case -abak
t-case -abat
h-case -abah

Derived terms

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References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “...àba”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin -ābam (first person) and -ābat (third person).

Suffix

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-aba

  1. suffix indicating the first-person singular imperfect indicative of -ar verbs
  2. suffix indicating the third-person singular imperfect indicative of -ar verbs

See also

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